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Political conflict is defined as a systematic struggle within societies involving clashes of interests, power dynamics, and differing viewpoints, often leading to the establishment of new social structures and institutions. AI generated definition based on: Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict (Second Edition), 2008.
Summary. Politics is a system for managing social decision making in a diverse group. In that sense politics is a conflict management system. The experience of conflict in politics as painful is due to the fact that the content of political conflict is about the most fundamentally important human needs and values.
Political conflicts do not concern individuals as such but groups of various kinds. They involve directly or indirectly state institutions. They require a “political solution”, that is, a solution achieved through discussion and not through violence. The analysis of those features leads us to some reflections on politics and the ...
In other words, politics is the process through which we live together with and respect those who are different, without us trying to convince them to become ‘like us’, or them trying to convince us to become ‘like them’. It is also the process through which conflict is organised, and in fact made productive, rather than erased.
Definition. Political conflict refers to the disagreements and disputes that arise between individuals, groups, or institutions over political issues, policies, and the distribution of power and resources. It is a fundamental aspect of governance and democracy, often highlighting the differing interests and values within a society.
And yet, conflict and violence are currently on the rise, with many conflicts today waged between non-state actors such as political militias, criminal, and international terrorist groups.
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War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities, and therefore is defined as a form of political violence. [41] Three of the ten most costly wars, in terms of loss of life, have been waged in the last century: the death toll of World War II , estimated at more than 60 million, surpasses all other war death tolls by a factor of two.
